Standard
C major added eleventh · Open position
Cadd11 guitar chord
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How to play Cadd11 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the B to the high E at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 3 2 0 1 1 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Cadd11
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your index finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 5th fret and your ring finger on the B string at the 6th fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Cadd11, the easier shape
StandardFrets 5–6 · 5th in bass · 4 strings, 1 open
What notes are in Cadd11?
Cadd11, C major added eleventh, is C, E, G and F: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G) and the eleventh (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 11.
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Major added eleventh chords in every key
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Cadd11 on other instruments
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